Media releases

29 January 2016 3:17 pm | NZ Transport Agency: Waikato & Bay of Plenty

The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists heading away for the long weekend to drive with care and plan ahead to avoid delays.

29 January 2016 2:38 pm | NZ Transport Agency: Waikato & Bay of Plenty

The NZ Transport Agency says work to remove the asbestos contaminated area at the Maungatapu underpass site will start next week.

29 January 2016 1:41 pm | NZ Transport Agency: Waikato & Bay of Plenty

Innovative safety rails especially designed to protect motorcyclists if they crash have been installed on New Zealand roads for the first time.

28 January 2016 12:17 pm | NZ Transport Agency: Waikato & Bay of Plenty

People are shaving up to 23 minutes off their daily commute between Cambridge and Hamilton using the new Cambridge Section of the Waikato Expressway, the NZ Transport Agency says.

22 January 2016 3:16 pm

Rotorua motorists are advised to allow extra time when travelling this week as contractors carry out roadworks on a number of state highway sites.

22 January 2016 12:26 pm

Work on a $2 million walking and cycle path along State Highway 3 (SH3) in Hamilton is set to start this month, the NZ Transport Agency says.

19 January 2016 4:07 pm | NZ Transport Agenc: Waikato & Bay of Plenty

A stretch of State Highway 2 (SH2) north of Tauranga is set to get a $1.8 million upgrade that will increase the chances of people walking away from a crash without serious injury.

14 January 2016 4:43 pm | NZ Transport Agency : Waikato & Bay of Plenty

A section of high-risk highway on State Highway 3 between Hamilton Airport and Ohaupo is to be made safer with side-by-side passing lanes to be removed by the NZ Transport Agency.